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hypothecate

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HYPOTHECATE

v.t.[L. hypotheca, a pledge; Gr. to put under, to suppose. ] 1. To pledge, and properly to pledge the keel of a ship, that is, the ship itself, as security for the repayment of money borrowed to carry on a voyage. In this case the lender hazards the loss of his money by the loss of the ship, but if the ship returns safe, he received his principal, with the premium or interest agreed on, though it may exceed the legal rate of interest.
2. To pledge, as goods.

 

HYPOTHECATED

pp. Pledged, as security for money borrowed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HYPOTHECATE

Hy *poth "e *cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hypothecated; p. pr. & vb. n.Hypothecating. ] Etym: [LL. hypothecatus, p.p. of hypothecare to pledge, fr. L. hypotheca pledge, security. See Hypotheca. ] (Law )

 

Defn: To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry. He had found the treasury empty and the pay of the navy in arrear. He had no power to hypothecate any part of the public revenue. Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word. Macaulay.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hypothecate

hy poth e cate |həˈpäTHiˌkāt, hī -həˈpɑθəkeɪt | verb [ with obj. ] pledge (money ) by law to a specific purpose. DERIVATIVES hy poth e ca tion |həˌpäTHiˈkāSHən, hī - |noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin hypothecat- given as a pledge, from the verb hypothecare, based on Greek hupothēkē.

 

Oxford Dictionary

hypothecate

hypothecate |hʌɪˈpɒθɪkeɪt | verb [ with obj. ] pledge (money ) by law to a specific purpose. DERIVATIVES hypothecation |-ˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin hypothecat- given as a pledge , from the verb hypothecare, based on Greek hupothēkē (see hypothec ).